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The seed bank storing the planet’s future – podcast

21 October at 06:00 AM, via The Guardian

As biodiversity declines, locating and conserving the planet’s plant life is becoming more important. The Millennium seed bank in Wakehurst, West Sussex, has been doing just that for 25 years, collecting and storing seeds and keeping them in trust for countries all over the world should they ever be needed. To mark the anniversary, Patrick Greenfield took a tour of the site. He tells...

Anti-malaria funding cuts could lead to ‘deadliest resurgence ever’, study warns

21 October at 01:01 AM, via The Guardian

Expected reduction in contributions by wealthy countries likely to cost millions of lives and billions in lost growth

Slashed contributions from wealthy countries to an anti-malaria fund could allow a resurgence of the disease, costing millions of lives and billions of pounds by the end of the decade, according to a new analysis.

The fight against malaria faces new threats, including extreme...

Three cases of severe mpox reported in California, health officials say

20 October at 22:41 PM, via The Guardian

The unrelated cases mark the first time clade I of the disease has spread within the US, according to officials

Three California residents have been infected with clade I mpox, a more severe strain of the virus formerly known as monkeypox – marking the first time this type of mpox has spread within the US, health officials said Friday.

The unrelated cases, identified in Long Beach and Los...

Nasa looks to other companies for US moon program as Musk’s SpaceX lags behind

20 October at 19:29 PM, via The Guardian

Nasa head said agency is opening up contracts for crewed lunar program Artemis after SpaceX had to delay timelines

Nasa is looking to contract with other companies for its crewed lunar program as Elon Musk’s SpaceX is “behind” on its timeline, the space agency said Monday.

In an interview with CNBC, Sean Duffy, transportation secretary and interim head of Nasa, said the agency is “not going...

Experts hail ‘remarkable’ success of electronic implant in restoring sight

20 October at 14:00 PM, via The Guardian

Sight of 84% of people with form of age-related macular degeneration restored after being fitted with device

An electronic eye implant half the thickness of a human hair has helped people with incurable sight loss to see again, opening up a potential “new era” in tackling blindness.

Doctors who implanted the sim card-shaped prosthetic device say it has helped many of the 38 elderly patients in...

AWS outage knocks out websites worldwide

20 October at 11:20 AM, via TechCentral

Amazon Web Services was hit by a major outage on Monday, causing connectivity issues for many companies around the world.

Low participation in medical trials puts millions of young people at risk

20 October at 11:00 AM, via The Guardian

Exclusive: Data shows gen Z could miss out on new treatments because so few sign up for trials and studies in England

‘I wish I took part sooner’: how a medical trial transformed a young person’s life

Millions of young people risk missing out on new treatments for health conditions and having to use medicines that are unsafe, ineffective or inappropriate because so few take part in medical...

How Chile Embodies A.I.’s No-Win Politics

20 October at 11:00 AM, via New York Times

Political debates have flared across Chile over artificial intelligence. Should the nation pour billions into A.I. and risk public backlash, or risk being left behind?

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